During the third tranche of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme from 8th March, 2016 to 14th March, 2016, as per initial figures, more than 64,000 applications have been received for a total subscription of 1128 Kilograms of gold amounting to Rs. 329 crore. The actual figure may vary as comprehensive information from all the

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is organizing Market Conference on ‘Hybrid-Annuity based Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model for Creation of Sewage Treatment Infrastructure’ under Namami Gange Programme on 24th February, 2016 at New Delhi. The conference aims to sensitize the market of the upcoming hybrid-annuity based PPP model for sewage treatment and institutionalization of

1. Crude Oil Production
1.1 Indigenous crude oil production (including condensate) during January, 2016 was 3037.537 TMT which is 4.34% lower than the target for the month and 4.64% lower than the production during corresponding period of last year. Cumulative crude oil

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 31.26 per barrel (bbl) on 22.02.2016. This was higher than the price of US$ 31.07 per bbl on previous publishing day of 19.02.2016.
In rupee terms, the price

Union Agriculture Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh, today said that a number of applications which have been completed and passed through all the required checks and audits are now ready for nationwide rollout. Few of the services we launched include Insurance Portal and Weather alert service NOWCAST. The Ministers of State for Agriculture, Dr. Sanjeev

President has appointed Shri Shashi Shekhar, IAS (TN:1981) as Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in the apex scale of Rs. 80,000/- (fixed) with effect from the forenoon of June 05, 2015.
Earlier Shri Anuj Kumar Bishnoi IAS (UP:1981) was Secretary to this Ministry who has been appointed as Secretary, Department

Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture met the Director General, FAO, Mr. Jose Graziano da silva on the sidelines of the FAO conference in Rome today. During the meeting, the Minister congratulated Mr. DA Silva on his re-election as DG, FAO and the two sides agreed to make efforts to enhance cooperation in